UNSPSC 85591588: Bypass upper esophagus to cutaneous with autologous tissue substitute, open approach

This classification denotes the group of activities that yields a surgical intervention or procedure to bypass upper esophagus to cutaneous with autologous tissue substitute, open approach. This surgical intervention or procedure is listed in the World Health Organization's International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems or ICD-10 as code 0D11074

UNSPSC 85591588 Bypass upper esophagus to cutaneous with autologous tissue substitute, open approach is a Commodity code whose nominal scope — a specific surgical procedure — bears little relationship to the work state and local governments are actually buying under this tag. The six recent opportunities posted under this code span independent medical evaluation services for disability pension determinations, surgical procedure carve-out benefit programs for municipal employees, occupational medical surveillance for state ferry workers, emergency and specialty healthcare for detained youth, pharmacy benefit management administration, and temporary health professional staffing. These solicitations reflect a mismatch between the procedural code name and the purchasing reality: the code is being used to tag a broad range of government health services procurement, not the esophageal bypass procedure the code nominally describes. State and local issuing bodies tagged here include municipal retirement offices, city benefits programs, state transportation departments, county juvenile probation systems, county commissioners' offices, and county health systems—spanning Arizona, California, Washington, Florida, and Texas.

The recent opportunities show no coherent pattern aligned to the code's stated scope. The Phoenix Retirement Office sought independent medical evaluation services for disability determinations (RFP, due October 16, 2026); the City of Long Beach requested surgical procedure carve-out benefits management (RFP, due October 7, 2026); the Washington State Department of Transportation solicited occupational medical surveillance for ferry workers (RFP, due October 9, 2026); Harris County Juvenile Probation Department issued an RFI for emergency and specialty medical services for detained youth (due September 25, 2026); Collier County sought pharmacy benefit management services covering approximately $8.7 million in annual pharmacy spending (RFP, due April 9, 2026); and Santa Clara County Health System qualified vendors for temporary ancillary health professional staffing across 13 clinical categories (RFQ, due October 7, 2026). This code shows little relevant recent activity tied to its procedural definition and appears to reflect classification error or system misconfiguration rather than genuine market activity in esophageal bypass procedures.